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Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.

Ben Horowitz

There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
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Important People Phones
The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
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Answer Culture Management
Here’s where we are and here’s what I didn’t recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
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About Decision Made Now Recognize
Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs
It’s pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want to spend it on.
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Clear Customer Want
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.
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Accurate Decision Good Jobs Mistake Place Reason
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.
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Decision Lonely Running
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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Billionaire Black Loyal Wife
For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.
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Date Example Majority Problem Result
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.
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Choice Consequences Life Magnified Plentiful Wrong
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company

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